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[Svetlana]

Just checked: €377 per month, so €87 per week or about €2.20 and hour.

[Tim Drayton]

The critisism of an hourly rate of €8 an hour comes from outside Cyprus and from people who are out of touch with wage rates here.

Overseas Housemaids here, have a salary of around €400 per month,, so around €100 for a 40 hour week, or €2.5 an hour. Thus they are pleased to work for €8 in their 'leisure' time to supplement their normal income.

Lana

Even outside Cyprus, I was working on a casual basis in a betting shop in London in 2000 and getting five pounds per hour, so unless wages have shot up in the UK since then, it compares quite well internationally, too.

[yialousa1971]

You could contact the sri Lankan Consulate in Limassol for a list of Agencies or for casual work go to CYTA Park sunday from 10am...

Can you cook, I'm looking for a house keeper please PM me your CV.

[Svetlana]

I would send you a CV but who would read the long words to you.....

[yialousa1971]

I would send you a CV but who would read the long words to you.....

If you phone me you can read it to me.

[Paphitis]

The critisism of an hourly rate of €8 an hour comes from outside Cyprus and from people who are out of touch with wage rates here.

Overseas Housemaids here, have a salary of around €400 per month,, so around €100 for a 40 hour week, or €2.5 an hour. Thus they are pleased to work for €8 in their 'leisure' time to supplement their normal income.

Lana

Actually, I am well aware that €8 per hour by 40 hours equates to the average wage in Cyprus.

But I don't believe this idiot was wanting to employ a Sri Lankan maid at €1,370 per month + Super + Medical Insurance.

He will more likely pay the poor girl the following from your previous post:

Just checked: €377 per month, so €87 per week or about €2.20 and hour.

The above seems to be the benchmark, and this is the reason why Pepps wants a Sri Lankan. Shameful!

My opinion is that this practice should be banned in Cyprus. It is clear exploitation! I can't imagine how anyone can live on these wages. It really is shameful.

But I agree that there seems to be different pay benchmarks in Cyprus compared to other countries. For example, a public servant earning an average wage of €1,700 per month is far below the minimum full time salary in Australia and is considered to be below the poverty line. Cost of living is also higher in Cyprus by far, than it is in Australia.

[Tim Drayton]

€377 per month, so €87 per week or about €2.20 and hour

- this is for a live-in housemaid who gets free food and accomodation.

[CBBB]

The critisism of an hourly rate of €8 an hour comes from outside Cyprus and from people who are out of touch with wage rates here.

Overseas Housemaids here, have a salary of around €400 per month,, so around €100 for a 40 hour week, or €2.5 an hour. Thus they are pleased to work for €8 in their 'leisure' time to supplement their normal income.

Lana

Actually, I am well aware that €8 per hour by 40 hours equates to the average wage in Cyprus.

But I don't believe this idiot was wanting to employ a Sri Lankan maid at €1,370 per month + Super + Medical Insurance.

He will more likely pay the poor girl the following from your previous post:

Just checked: €377 per month, so €87 per week or about €2.20 and hour.

The above seems to be the benchmark, and this is the reason why Pepps wants a Sri Lankan. Shameful!

My opinion is that this practice should be banned in Cyprus. It is clear exploitation! I can't imagine how anyone can live on these wages. It really is shameful.

But I agree that there seems to be different pay benchmarks in Cyprus compared to other countries. For example, a public servant earning an average wage of €1,700 per month is far below the minimum full time salary in Australia and is considered to be below the poverty line. Cost of living is also higher in Cyprus by far, than it is in Australia.

The civil servant gets this money for going to the office and sitting on his/her arse all day, except when they go out to do their shopping. They really earn money from their afternoon businesses (Kiosks, betting shops, etc.) which they don't pay tax on.

[Tim Drayton]

The critisism of an hourly rate of €8 an hour comes from outside Cyprus and from people who are out of touch with wage rates here.

Overseas Housemaids here, have a salary of around €400 per month,, so around €100 for a 40 hour week, or €2.5 an hour. Thus they are pleased to work for €8 in their 'leisure' time to supplement their normal income.

Lana

Actually, I am well aware that €8 per hour by 40 hours equates to the average wage in Cyprus.

But I don't believe this idiot was wanting to employ a Sri Lankan maid at €1,370 per month + Super + Medical Insurance.

He will more likely pay the poor girl the following from your previous post:

Just checked: €377 per month, so €87 per week or about €2.20 and hour.

The above seems to be the benchmark, and this is the reason why Pepps wants a Sri Lankan. Shameful!

My opinion is that this practice should be banned in Cyprus. It is clear exploitation! I can't imagine how anyone can live on these wages. It really is shameful.

But I agree that there seems to be different pay benchmarks in Cyprus compared to other countries. For example, a public servant earning an average wage of €1,700 per month is far below the minimum full time salary in Australia and is considered to be below the poverty line. Cost of living is also higher in Cyprus by far, than it is in Australia.

The civil servant gets this money for going to the office and sitting on his/her arse all day, except when they go out to do their shopping. They really earn money from their afternoon businesses (Kiosks, betting shops, etc.) which they don't pay tax on.

Civil servants in Cyprus knock off at lunchtime every day except Wednesdays, when they work in the afternoon, don't they? They can also easily wangle off-days if they need them, I think.

[EricSeans]

The minimum wage in the UK is £5.85 per hour at the moment so 8 euros an hour equates to £7+ per hour so pretty good if you are paying UK prices for everything! Good points made regarding the legality of sri lanken workers in Cyprus and I stand corrected for saying some may be here illegally (without work permits etc).I think that the negativity of some replies you have had is that people who are looking for work who are either Cypriot born or resident in Cyprus object to your asking for one particular ethnic group.You know very well being British that you would be classed as racist in Britain and taken to court for advertising for an ethnic only post!
I wish you well in your search and like others on here hope that you will accomadate them decently and pay all taxes etc and their medical care.

Thank you for your reply Beverly
I have been looking for a "local " person for over 6 months and they do not want this type of work according to the interviews I have conducted, I need a special person who can handle an ederly father in need of care I have therefore reverted to looking for someone who I know will be happy with the work, the pay and yes indeed the conditions of work which will indeed include medical care, food, excelent accomodation within our home and tickets home to see family when they wish
As for being british and taken to court for advertising for an ethnic, I have not lived in UK for 15 years and quite frankly racism is rife there but not on the level you are accusing me of being but in many other areas

Thank you all for your posts with regard to my search and your attacks and your ASSUMPTIONS on how me and my family would treat someone but you are obviously basing your ASSUMPTIONS on your own treatment of people and not mine

I shall not use this forum again as I am not here to be attacked I asked for help and instead got all this shite

You are welcome to your forum and I hope you treat new posters with a little less shite in the future

adios assholes

Try the CY44 forum as there are some pretty desperate people there looking for income. Vet them properly though as many are the kind who would steal the watch off a pensioner's wrist.